Paper and fibre exports from the US in 2020 were down 12.7% on 2019, according to the latest official data that also indicates exporters are seeking new markets. The overall figures from the Census Bureau and the International Trade Commission reflect the continuing decline of exports with the 2020 total [...]
Paper and fibre exports from the US in 2020 were down 12.7% on 2019, according to the latest official data that also indicates exporters are seeking new markets. The overall figures from the Census Bureau and the International Trade Commission reflect the continuing decline of exports with the 2020 total [...]
UK company Clarks has unveiled a new shoe collection designed to reduce waste and improve recyclability. The ‘Origin’ range contains no glue with each shoe made from five pieces that can be dissembled at the end-of-life stage. Clarks says the traditional inclusion of glue in the manufacturing process is what [...]
Trade continues to look bright after record levels at the start of the year. The past four weeks will go into the history books of waste paper. Prices in Europe and the US rose throughout January into mid February and most packers believed they could go no further. The contrary [...]
Trade continues to look bright after record levels at the start of the year. The past four weeks will go into the history books of waste paper. Prices in Europe and the US rose throughout January into mid February and most packers believed they could go no further. The contrary [...]
Recyclers struggle with delay and higher costs and need political support. The current international situation for the used clothing and textiles recycling industry is still dominated from the fall out of the Covid pandemic. That may not be a surprise but it appears that it is exporters of used clothing [...]
Following China’s announcement that it is striving for ‘zero waste imports’ by the end of the year, its annual purchase of recovered fibre from overseas has fallen from 26-29 million tonnes in the three years to 2017 to just 11 million tonnes in 2019. And the nation will import only [...]
The Turkish government is limiting the import of recycled paper and plastic to a maximum of 50% of a recycler’s production capacity, requiring them to source the rest of their feedstock from domestic collections, the Turkish recycling industry body Tüdam reports. This quota, as agreed by the recycling industry and the [...]
The latest data on paper recycling in South Africa shows a fall in both the recycling rate and the volume processed at the end of a decade which has largely seen sustained growth. RecyclePaperZA says the nation recovered 1.2 million tonnes of recycled paper products in 2019, giving a recycling [...]
The UK’s Recycling Association (RA) has welcomed a potential redesign of the iconic – but fundamentally unrecyclable – Pringles can for potato crisps as ‘a step in the right direction’. It has been reported that Kellogg’s is testing out new packaging at a limited number of Tesco stores in eastern [...]